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GDPR & Other Data Privacy Laws | Information Technology

identified or identifiable individual located in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (GDPR Processing). Harvard units or programs must comply with the GDPR when conducting GDPR Processing. The GDPR requires that security measures be appropriate in... View Details

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51989 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments By: Vallée, Boris, and Christophe Perignon... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Sep 2016
News

US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

political system risks economic competitiveness, study finds (Financial Times) Harvard Gives the US an ‘F’ (Fortune) US Competitiveness Report Sees "A Nation Divided" (Harvard Gazette) View Details

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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog

fundamental connections between the market structures of capitalism and the political structures of the states that seek to support and nourish this system. What are the political prerequisites of a working... View Details

12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

forthcoming Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

jointly underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain's Financial Services Authority has announced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

of principles of trade between countries. A: The title of the paper refers to the idea that, in choosing the optimal maturity structure of its debt, the government balances the costs of rollover risk (in the extreme case, the government... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

is yes. The safety of the financial system depends on financial institutions' risk exposure, their ability to absorb losses, their reliance on short-term wholesale funding, transparency, and understanding the interconnectedness between... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

23 Sep 2020
News

Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Club of Dallas Explores Election Reform and Political Innovation in Virtual Talk As the presidential election nears, the potential for an unusual outcome that could spark a Constitutional crisis seems to grow... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

rise of political risk and the decline in institutional trust—Harari’s masterful treatise on the history of Homo sapiens outlines intrinsic drivers for the complex world we live in and the future we may yet... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

themselves to loans they cannot afford." Elizabeth Doty commented, "The promise that individual actions lead to societal gain also means that individual failures of judgment lead to societal risk and pain, as we are seeing . This is why I... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

Kennecott also arranged for an Export-Import Bank loan plus U.S. political risk insurance. The mine's output would then be sold to North American and European industrial customers under long-term supply... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

admitted patients who were at high risk for readmission to the hospital. Patients at risk of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge have hospital staff members who work with them on managing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Harvard Business School Note 706-044 Describes the emergence of several kinds of efforts to assure the safety of foreign investment in emerging markets: international arbitration, expanded official political View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

question this raises is which lenders, nations or commercial institutions? Shann Turnbull, citing some of his own work on the subject, argued that the risks of allowing insolvency "can no longer be reliably managed because they have... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

disintermediate. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54486 Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970 By: Jones, Geoffrey, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 12

External risks arise from events outside the company and are beyond its influence or control. Sources of these risks include natural and political disasters and major... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2020
News

Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The culmination of an immersive field course, the trip brought the students’ classroom learning to life and offered insight into one of China’s major political and economic development programs. Combining... View Details

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details